well he fired my ass

[hootiemama]

and he fired Jerry lewis and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go, he fired ol' sedrick and he fired sammy pruitt and he fired some people that he didnt even know

[Bob Terry]

I do believe there was a "character" by the name of Jerry Rivers, fired in the deal. He laughed about it until the day he passed on. He claimed to have been fired by Hank Jr also.

[honkytonkspecial]

Don tell us how it really was when you was workin with daddy.
Well in 1950 I took a little nip
Along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississipp'
We was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine

[honkytonkspecial]

And we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans
Now the man told Daddy that he had what it took
And he liked the way he sang and he liked the way he shook
He said pretty soon he'd make us all rich
And we started believin' that fat sumbitch

[honkytonkspecial]

Daddy told the man if you wanna make some dough
Take a little money and book me on a show
And we played them dates and we filled the places well
But Hank, he'd done blowed the profits all to hell

[rockinrandallfan2]

Cause he'd run thru a 10 and he'd run thru a 20
And he'd run thru a 100 just as hard as he could go
Like a big dose of sauce thru a little bitty fella
He'd spend a 1,000 dollars on a 100 dollar show

[honkytonkspecial]

Hank looked at me with a funny lookin' grin,
Said "I've been to the Opry and I'm goin' back again"
We met the owner in a little office there
And a big fat fella with some artificial hair

[rockinrandallfan2]

He told him he wanted half of everything he made
Or he'd have to tell Audrey bout the women Hank had laid
And you told Daddy he'd better get smart
Get rid of them fellas and make a new start

[good ol' boy]

and he fired my ass & he fired jerry rivers. and he fired some people he didn't even know.